Otis Redding often ad-libbed vocals at the end of songs, but for "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" he just whistled instead - it became some of the most famous whistling in song history.
Pete Townshend wrote the lyrics for "My Generation" during a train ride from London to Southampton on his 20th birthday.
Rob Reiner named his 1986 movie "Stand By Me" after the song, since he thought The Body, a Stephen King story on which it was based, sounded like a horror movie.
"Zoot Suit Riot" isn't just a Cherry Poppin' Daddies song - the Zoot Suit Riots were real riots in Los Angeles that took place in 1943 and inspired the song's lyrics.
Otis Day And The Knights, the fictional band created to perform "Shout" in the movie Animal House, became a real band, performing the song at colleges and other venues.
The Yardbirds drummer explains how they created their sound and talks about working with their famous guitarists.
The top Contemporary Christian artist of all time on song inspirations and what she learned from Johnny Carson.
Call us crazy, but we like it when an artist comes around who doesn't mesh with the status quo.
Can you name Def Leppard's only #1 hit in America? Get rocked with this adrenalized quiz.
Who writes a song about a name they found in a phone book? That's just one of the everyday things these guys find to sing about. Anything in their field of vision or general scope of knowledge is fair game. If you cross paths with them, so are you.
Rickie Lee Jones on songwriting, social media, and how she's handling Trump.
